1895.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 279 



The plants came in hloom as follows : in box 10, on 

 December 18; in box 11, on December 20; in box 12, on 

 December 23; in boxes 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, on January 1 ; 

 and in boxes 1 and 3, on January 3. The plants in box 2 

 came in bloom February 15. 



Fruit was formed first on the plants in box 10, noticed on 

 January 17. It first appeared in box 12 on January 18 ; in 

 boxes 4 and 9 on January 21 ; in box 3 on January 24 ; in 

 box 1 on January 27 ; in box 8 on February 5 ; and in box 

 7 on February 28. 



Fruit ripened in box 10 on February 20; in boxes 3, 4 

 and 12, on February 2H ; in box 9, on March 1 ; and in box 

 8, on March 7. 



The plants grown in the soil manured with vegetable com- 

 post, as a sort of control experiment, made a very vigorous 

 and healthy growth, but blossomed late and had formed no 

 fruit up to March 8, although retaining their promising 

 appearance. 



Conclusions. 



Lettuce did best in boxes 10, 9, 7 and 8 ; beets did best 

 in boxes, 7, 10, 8, 4 and 11 ; spinach did best in boxes 10, 

 11, 7, 8 and 9 ; tomatoes did best in boxes 10, 12, 4 and 9. 



1894-95. — During the past summer the boxes of the 

 vegetation house were removed and replaced by others some- 

 what larger. The arrangement for sub-irrigation previously 

 used in l)ox 4 gave such good satisfaction that all of the 

 boxes were similarly equipped. 



The soil used for filling the boxes was obtained about six 

 inches below the surface of land which had not been under 

 cultivation for a considerable period. This soil was carefully 

 screened, to remove coarse particles. Each box received 

 about seven hundred and fifty pounds of the earth, to which 

 the fertilizer had been applied and carefully mixed before 

 filling in. The proportion of essential fertilizing ingredients 

 applied to the soil is as follows : — 



Boxes 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, 7 and 8. 



Per Cent. 



Potassium oxide, . . , . .0056 



Phosplioric acid, . . . . . . . . . . .0014 



Nitrogen, 0014 



